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BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES PRESCRIPTION COMMITTEE
AGENDA FOR THE MEETING ON 25 FEBRUARY
DSR 110
Annex A
(i)
1. Points arising from conclusions of last meeting:
Outcome of changes to prescription proposed at
the last meeting (increase in the Mandarin
service and proposal for a new Korean service);
Improved audibility in South Africa;
(ii)
(iii) Map of World Service audibility worldwide.
2. Report on detailed reviews of individual services
carried out since the last meeting: Central European,
English by Radio and Television and African services.
3.
Possible changes to the Prescription, in the light
of Top Management Resource Allocation exercise
(i) Proposals for new services:
Korean
Caribbean (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)
Sinhala (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)
(ii) Proposals for increases:
Russian at dawn (BBC to FAC on UK-Soviet
relations and Cultural Diplomacy)
Arabic (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)
Spanish for Latin America (BBC to FAC on
Cultural Diplomacy)
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